Quick question

[Kirstin Innes]

Caveat: I know you never hear from me round these
parts, but I read every digest faithfully.

Something that has been bothering me for a while - can
anyone point me in the direction of a (presumably TOL)
post explaining the way the seven tasks in PS
correalate with the seven books? I know it's a
recognised theory, and thinking through it myself I
can see that it makes a lot of sense. However, I was
lying in bed the other night trying to work out how
they all equalled up - tasks, books - and I couldn't
for the life of me make or PS, CS fit satisfactorily,
and I'm a little wobbly on POA/GOF, too. Here's as far
as I got (all a bit scrappy/notey):

First Task: Fluffy - music, already done for them.
Correalation - PS -?? Quirrel didn't deliberately try
and get Harry to follow him. Evil has three heads
(Snape/Quirrel/Voldemort)? Fighting the Dark Arts is
like fighting a many-headed monster? If music be the
food of sleep, Celestina Warbuck is the key to the
series? 

Second: Devil's Snare. Use fire? A combination of the
Trio''s wits? - CS - ?? This doesn't quite seem right,
because CS is very obviously a "hero goes it alone"
finale.

Third: Flitwick's flying keys. You have to pick the
right one - POA - No, no, you've got the wrong
villain?

Fourth: Troll, already knocked out by Quirrelmort, who
has a way with them. I have no idea how this relates
to GOF. Cedric is presumably not being analogised to a
troll here. Possibly that V's faithful servant has
already gone ahead and won the game for Harry?

Fifth: Chess game. OOP is very like a chess game, with
the Order versus the Death Eaters. A beloved friend
sacrifices himself. I understand this one.

Sixth: Snape's potion task. HBP - The Potions Book!
Foregrounding Snape - also, once Harry has drunk the
potion there's no turning back. This makes perfect
sense too.

Seventh: Erised and the final confrontation with
Voldemort. Harry has to use his guileless heart to
overcome/Harry is confronted with his own reflection/
Luke, I am your father/ etc etc. V dies, Harry
collapses into blackness....scar.

Can anyone help me out, either with a quick outline or
a link? Any enlightenment at all very much
appreciated.

And sorry to pick at nits, Kneas (knits knees? nit's
knees?), but Jo asked "why didn't V die when the
killing curse rebounded" at the Book Festival in 2004
- before HBP and the hossclucking. I remember this
because I was living in Edinburgh at the time, had a
ticket and had to miss it because I couldn't get the
time off work. I hate correcting people like this. I
feel all smug and dirty.
http://www.jkrowling.com/textonly/en/news_view.cfm?id=80
However, I can't wait to see the way this post runs.

Kirstin(i) on a very rare surfacing. 


		
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